Archives for August 2017

When a firm has finally decided that gathering and analyzing data is a crucial part of business decision-making, once they've exited "Excel Hell" and have an enterprise data warehouse, once a culture of data use is in place and everyone has access to the right information at the right time, an age-old question usually arises:
"Now what?"
You see, it's one thing to know where the business is and how it got there, and quite a few organizations have reached that point. It's quite another … [Read more...]

Manufacturing has long been the bedrock of the world’s economy. From the moment that Oliver Evans built his first automatic flour mill in 1785, inventive engineers have been standing on the shoulders of giants to compound information and improve designs. The inception of interchangeable parts, accomplished by Eli Whitney around 1801, was a huge breakthrough. Manufacturing became faster and much more efficient, allowing businesses to improve cash flow and increase profits.
Enter the modern age … [Read more...]

About Me

Hi, I'm Randal Scott King, but feel free to call me Scott. I'm the managing partner of Brilliant Data, a consulting firm specializing in analyzing data for companies looking for a new competitive advantage. I'm also the technical reviewer for a couple of books on Big Data and the author of a video training on Hadoop by Packt Publishing.
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